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Say it bluntly or it will not land
33 videos indexed under this topic. Topic tags help you find relevant sessions; they do not mean the entire recording teaches this one idea.
A softly worded warning gets discounted, so the hard part is said plainly - and usually before you have asked.
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Luna's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-08-28 | 21:03
The long one, and the most substantial single session in Luna's footage.
Session summaryStormie's Go-Home Owner Lesson | Full Session | 2026-09-03 | 18:54
Topics: Stop before you shut him down; The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsLuna Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-03 | 17:20
The last working session before the handover, opening with a status report and a plan: off-leash heel, on-leash heel, down, sit and recall all reported as looking good, and the intention to take her into a store the next day to record the final go-home video - which is not what the go-home file actually shows.
Session summaryLuna Knew Place—But Would It Hold in the Real House?
Topics: Reading the dog; The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsKing Go-Home Lesson
The last appointment of King's program: the trainer drives him home, hands him over, and spends the time making sure the owner can run the dog rather than re-training the dog.
Session summaryZeus 2nd In-Program Lesson Part 1
The second of the in-program lessons, five days before Zeus goes home, held at the owner's house with the dog present.
Session summaryLuna First In-Program Lesson Part 2
Topics: Hidden help; Meaningful release; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsKing 2nd In-Program Lesson
The pivot point of King's program, and the one session where the whole case is stated out loud.
Session summaryArchie & Lola Go-Home Lesson Part 2
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Assess before you ask; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
concept tagsArchie & Lola Go-Home Lesson Part 1
The first half of the lesson in which both dogs are handed back.
Session summaryDeath Sentence Denied. Handsome Lad Louie Deserves The Best. Part 1 ❤️ — Angier K9 Dog Rescue
The first of six parts of a single placement visit.
Session summaryFinn 🦌 Go-Home Lesson Part 1
Topics: Teach the move, then the word; Build the handler's timing while it is easy; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsKing In-Program Lesson #1
Topics: The four windows, and calm liberty; The dog tells you the reward; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsDutchess Go-Home Lesson Part 2
The second and substantive part of Dutchess's handover.
Session summaryDutchess In-Program Lesson #2 Part 2
The second in-program owner lesson, at the owners' house, in the last week of Dutchess's board-and-train.
Session summaryDutchess In-Program Lesson #2 Part 3
The last third of the same home visit, picked up immediately after the recorder hit its thirty-minute limit.
Session summarySamson Training Session
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Say it bluntly or it will not land.
concept tagsRocko Day 1!
Topics: Reading the dog; Assess before you ask; Nobody is at fault; it isn't personal.
concept tagsDeuce In-Program Lesson #2 Part 1
The second in-program owner lesson, filmed in one continuous take until the recorder's limit cut it at twenty-nine minutes.
Session summaryArchie & Lola First In-Program Lesson
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsDutchess In-Program Lesson #1 Part 1
The first in-program lesson for Dutchess, delivered to both owners at a shaded, deliberately distracting outdoor spot.
Session summaryRoxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 2
Topics: Control is not obedience; Start with freedom; The dog tells you the reward.
concept tagsRoxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 3
The third labeled part of the second owner lesson includes a discussion of trainer assistance during earlier owner handling, a door exercise with Roxy, and work with Ramsey around specific objects and a blind corner identified by the owners.
Session summaryRoxy & Ramsey Go-Home Lesson
Topics: Internal emotional change, not repression; Control is not obedience; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsRoxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 1
The second owner lesson, and the densest teaching document in Roxy's corpus.
Session summaryRoxy & Ramsey Training Session
Topics: Assess before you ask; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Say it bluntly or it will not land.
concept tagsFinn In-Program Lesson #1
Topics: Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; The level is not a number; Thinking is what makes it better.
concept tagsZeus - Behavioral Case Update
Topics: The armor is the measure; Reading the dog; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsLouie Training Session
A long, almost wordless working session of recall, down, sit, heel and place, broken once by the most useful minute and a half in Louie's file.
Session summaryBullet pt2 — In Person Evaluation with Angier K9!
The second half of the owner visit, and the most informative Bullet material about the case itself.
Session summaryBo — Follow Up Fine Tuning!
Topics: Reading the dog; Pressure, release, reward; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsBo — Full Go Home Lesson With Client!
The handover, and the single densest piece of teaching in Bo's file.
Session summaryMilo and Josi — Go Home Lesson
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Assess before you ask; Say it bluntly or it will not land.
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